Jamilla Rankin

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Jamilla Rankin
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Rankin with TSG Hoffenheim in 2025
Personal information
Full name Jamilla Sofia Rankin [1]
Date of birth (2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 TSG Hoffenheim
Number 5
Youth career
Eureka
Liverpool Academy
Brisbane Roar NTC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Brisbane Roar NTC
2019–2023 Brisbane Roar 45 (1)
2020, 2021 Football NSW
2021 Gold Coast United
2022 Blacktown Spartans
2023–2024 Melbourne Victory 23 (0)
2024– TSG Hoffenheim 18 (0)
International career‡
2018–2020 Australia U17 6 (0)
2022– Australia U23 3 (0)
2022– Australia 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 July 2025

Jamilla Sofia Rankin (born 9 May 2003) is an Australian soccer player who is a defender for TSG Hoffenheim in the Frauen-Bundesliga and Australia women's national soccer team (Matildas). She has previously played for Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory in the A-League Women. [2]

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Early life

Rankin was born in 2003 and grew up in Lismore, New South Wales. [1] [3] She attended Rosebank Public School (Years K-6), Trinity Catholic College, Lismore (Years 7–9) and Cavendish Road State High School, Brisbane. [3] While attending Rosebank, she competed in athletics as well as soccer. [4] As a junior she played soccer for Eurekea in Football Far North Coast (FFNC) league, then Brisbane Roar Juniors/QAS NTC (Queensland Academy of Sport National Training Centre) or Brisbane Roar NTC. [3] [5] In 2016, while wtih FFNC, Rankin was selected to represent Northern New South Wales Football's 13 Girls team at the national Youth Championships for Girls. [6]

Club career

In 2019 Rankin, as a defender, graduated from Brisbane Roar NTC to Football Queensland NTC seniors, which compete in the National Premier Leagues Queensland (NPL Qld). [5] In March 2020, Rankin made her W-League (later known as A-League Women) debut for Brisbane Roar seniors during their 2019–20 season, [2] [7] in a 3–1 loss to Melbourne City. [5] During the W-League 2020 off-season (mid-year) the defender played for Football NSW Institute in the National Premier Leagues NSW Women's (NPL NSW Women's). [5]

In 2021, Rankin received a young football of the year nomination in February, due to her successful season in the 2020–21 W-League. [8] She kicked her maiden goal in Brisbane Roar's 4–1 defeat of Sydney in February 2021. [2] In August of that year, Rankin re-signed with her team. [9] Her performances in the first two seasons in the W-League earned favourable comparisons with fellow Australian defenders Steph Catley and Ellie Carpenter. [10] By the end of Brisbane's 2022-23 season she had played 45 matches and delivered one goal. [2] [5]

In August 2023, Rankin joined Melbourne Victory for their 2023–24 season. [11] She appeared 23 times during the season, [2] and the team finished fourth on the Premiership ladder and lost a penalty shoot-out (2–4), upon drawing 0–0 after extra-time, against Central Coast Mariners in the Championship elimination final. [12]

Rankin signed with German club TSG Hoffenheim in August 2024 on a three-year contract. [13] In 2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga she played 18 matches and helped TSG to finish sixth on the league table. [14] [15] During the related 2024–25 DFB-Pokal Frauen, Rankin kicked a goal in their 0–7 victory against SV Hegnach. [16]

International career

Rankin was a part of the Australia women's national under-17 soccer team (Junior Matildas) during the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification and final tournament. She featured during two matches of qualification as well as in four games in the final tournament, playing 360 minutes, starting each game she played in. [17] [18]

On 21 November 2020, Rankin was called up for the first ever Women's Talent Identification Camp which was held in Canberra from 22 – 26 of November 2020. [19] [20]

Rankin made her debut for the Australia women's national soccer team (Matildas) on 25 June 2022 in a 7–0 defeat by Spain in Huelva, Spain. [21]

References

  1. 1 2 "Squad List, FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022: Australia (AUS)" (PDF). FIFA . 3 August 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 3 August 2022.n.b.: Gives birth name, date of birth and current height
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ninja A-League 2024/25 Season Guide" (PDF). A-Leagues Media Centre. November 2024. pp. 40, 42, 108, 110, 227. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Craig, Mitchell (14 June 2022). "Jamilla Rankin part of Young Matildas squad ahead of World Cup in Costa Rica". Lismore City News. Lismore, New South Wales. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Forbes, Richard (4 December 2014). "Jumpin' Jamilla aims high in soccer and athletics". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Liberty A-League 2023/24 Season Guide" (PDF). A-Leagues Media Centre. October 2023. pp. 36, 38, 40, 84, 86, 89, 198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "2016 NNSWF Representative Squads". Northern NSW Football. 2019. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Rankin makes debut for Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Jamilla Rankin earns Westfield W-League Young Footballer of the Year nomination". Brisbane Roar. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Jamilla Rankin re-signs with Brisbane Roar". Brisbane Roar. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Lewis, Samantha (15 April 2021). "Future Matildas: Which young W-League stars can make an impact at the 2023 Women's World Cup?". ESPN Australia . Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Melbourne Victory signs Jamilla Rankin". Melbourne Victory . 23 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Melbourne Victory vs Central Coast Mariners - 14 Apr 2024". A-League Women. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "Jamilla Rankin wechselt zur TSG" [Jamilla Rankin moves to TSG]. TSG Hoffenheim (in German). 4 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Jamilla Rankin » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "Women's first German division Bundesliga". dfb.de. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  16. ↑ Hug, Theresa. "SV Hegnach - TSG Hoffenheim, 0:7, DFB-Pokal der Frauen 2024/25 2. Runde - DFB Datencenter" [SV Hegnach - TSG Hoffenheim, 0:7, 2024/25 Women's DFB Cup, 2nd Round - DFB Data Center]. datencenter.dfb.de (in German). Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  17. ↑ "Rae Dower selects Junior Matildas squad for qualifiers". Beyond 90. 9 February 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  18. ↑ "AFC U-16 Women's Championship – Junior Matildas Squad". Matildas.com.au. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  19. ↑ "23 Players called up to first ever Women's Talent Identification Camp". Matildas.com.au. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  20. ↑ Warriner, David (21 November 2020). "7 Sydney FC players called up to first ever Women's Talent Identification Camp". Sydney FC . Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  21. ↑ staff reporters, AAP (26 June 2022). "Matildas, Australian women's soccer team, lose 7-0 to Spain in friendly". The Sydney Morning Herald . Australian Associated Press (AAP). Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2025– via National Library of Australia.
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